Four Points of the Compass DK determined to bring him down

determined to bring him down

There's only one problem: some of those wishes actually belong to someone else

Revised and expanded introduction that looks at the work's influence on Tolkien

an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events-a massive Ponzi scheme collapse and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea

Four Points of the Compass DK determined to bring him downA sparkling exploration of direction, by the acclaimed author of A History of the World in 12 MapsNorth, south, east and west: almost all societies use the four cardinal directions to orientate themselves, to understand who they are by projecting where they are. For millennia, these four directions have been foundational to our travel, navigation and exploration and are central to the imaginative, moral and political geography of virtually every